Match-holder attachment for packages of cigarettes



May 11 1926.

L. L. WILLIAMS MATCH HOLDER ATTACHMENT FbRPACKAGES OF CIGARETTES Filed-"F915. 12. 1925 lH Hl l H 4 .M. M v w m E p EX m rllullllllll lll llllllllllll Illllllll Patented May 11, 1 926. v

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Application filed February 12, 1925. Serialm. 8,668.

Fi A front view of a match-holder attachment for packages of cigarettes, constructed in accordance with my invention.

I attac merit, detached.

' -Fig. 2 A side view, the same. I

Fig. 3 A side View of attachment, detached.- v I v Fig. 4 A plan view, indicating a pack-- age of cigarettes with-my improved matchholder attachment connected thegewith. 'Fi 5 A front view of the/ma tch-holdcr partly in section, of

the match-holder All figures oftne drawings are on enlarged scale. I

This invention relates to improvement in; match-holder attachments for packages of cigarettes, the, object of theinvention being to provide a holder for packets of paper matches, which holder may be connected with a package of cigarettes,.and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafterdescribed and particularly recited in the claims.

Inca'rrying out my invention, I employ a strip of sheet-metal, celluloid, or other suit able material, doubledupon itself to form a back 10" and a front 11. Preferably, the back'will be formed with a central, longitudinal slot forming fingers 12 and 13, the width of the back corresponding substantial- 1y to the width of the package of cigarettes with which ,it is to be used. The side edges of the front 11 are turned inward to form flanges 14 and 15, and the lower end of the front is slightly curved to. forma lip 16. A

Y packet 17 of paper matches is inserted bev limited in its a package of cigarettes.

form flanges for the reception'of'the 'eagesof apackage of=matches. 7 4

2. A match holder attachment for packof the match holder, The fin ers, however, are s'ulficie ntly rigid to rein orce one side of the package, and hence prevent the package from being crushed in the pocket.

- These holders can be struck up from PATENT omen so i sheet-material at very slight expense and freshpackets of matches can be inserted at pleasure, and removed when the cigarettes Ithusprovide, in a very simple way, a means for attachlng a packetof matches to ..Ic1a1m: a l I p 1. A match-holder attachment for packages of cigarettes, comprising'a strip of sheet-material dolibled'to form avfrontand aback, theback adapted to lbeente're'd into a package of cigarettes, and the-front to overlie the outerface thereof, the side-edges of the front turned forward and inward to sideages of cigarettes, comprising a single strip w of sheet-material doubled t6 form a front and aback, the back adapted to be entered into apackage of cigarettes and the front to overlie the outer face thereof, the sideedges of the front turned forward and inward to 1 form *flanges, and its lower-edge turned outward, forming a lip, whereby a package of matches may be readily detachably connected with a package of cigarettes.

3. A match-holder attachment for packages of cigarettes com rising a back and front formed from a slngle'strip of sheet-- material, the back formed with atlongitudmal slot forming two fingers, the edges of thesides of the frontturned inward, formmg flanges for the reception of a packet of matches, the lower edge of the front formed with a lip to limit-the downward movement ofthebaclc;

In testimony whereof, I. have signedthis specification,

LORENZO L. WILLIAMS.

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